Double-reach vehicle-gear.



R. M. ARNOLD.

DOUBLE REACH VEHICLE GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. a, 191.2.

Patented July 8, 1913.

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ROY M. ARNOLD, OF DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

DOUBLE-REACH VEHICLE-GEAR.

essons.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roy M. Annonn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Danville, in the State oi Kentucky, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Double-Reach Vehicle-Gears, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to running gear mainly of wood for wheeled roadvehicles, especially buggies; and it consists in a continuous insidereach-iron by which the double-reach is reinforced, and in certain novelcon'ibinations of parts, the whole embodied in an improved double-reachgear, as hereinafter particularly describei'l and claimed.

The leading objects of the invention are to render a double-reachvehicle gear solid as if it was made in one piece; to prevent thebreaking of the reach just behind the ii't'th wheel; to prevent the gearfrom getting sprung out of line, and to prevent the cus tomary clipsfrom slipping on the rear axle in case they should come loose. These andother advantages of the improved construction will be appreciated bythose skilled in the art.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective bottom view of a sufficient portion of animproved double- .reach vehicle gear to illustrate the presentinvention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of its inside reach irondetached.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in both figures.

The two members of a double reach, suitably spaced apart, arerepresented in Fig. 1 at l and 2; a spring bolster to which their frontends are rigidly bolted is shown at 3; a fifth wheel to the upper memberof which said bolster is bolted shown at t; and a king bolt at 5; afront axle to which the lower member of the fifth wheel and the socketmember of the king bolt are clipped is represented at (S; a bifurcatedbrace, for the lower end of the king bolt 5, bolted to the two reachmembers 1 and 2, is shown at 7 and a pair of axle stays to connect thereach with the rear axle are represented at S and 9. All these parts maybe of all y suitable known or improved construction. For the objectshereinbefore stated, I combine therewith and especially with said doublereach an inside reach iron, a, shown in position by .Fig. 1

and detached by Fig. 2, and bolts 0 and c,

Specification of Letters Patent.

AppIication filed. October 3, 1912.

Patented July 8,1913.

Serial No. 723,818.

Fig. 1, fixedly iiastening the same in place. This reach iron has longside members 1' and 2', and a relatively short cross-member 3, Fig. :2,all oi which are straight, with curved connections l, 5, (3; the wholebeing made in one continuous piece of suitable metal, and extendingrearward from close behind the spring bolster 3 along the two reachmembers 1 and 2 to the points where the axle stays 8 and t) are boltedto the outside of the reach; taking the two bolts Z) which attach thestay iron at each of these points and crossing by its portion 3-3 behindthe same. A sullicient number of special bolts c fitted thereto extendthrough bolt holes in the reach members 1 and 2 and the side portions 1and 2 of the reach iron, the latter being provided with correspondingbolt holes as shown at 7) and c in Fig. 2. Provision is thus made fortightly attaching said side portions of the inside reach iron to thereach members 1 and 2, inside, at practically all points. The whole ofthe improved gear may thus be rendered as solid as it it was made in onepiece; and a buggy or like road vehicle n-ovidcd with the same isrendered strong and easy riding.

Having thus described said improvement, l' claim as my invention, anddesire to patent under this specification:

1. In a double'reach gear for a wheeled vehicle, an inside reach ironconstructed in one continuous piece, having long side portions and across portion, all of. which are straight, connected by short curvedportions.

An improved double-reach gear having, in cmnbination longitudinal reachmembers suitably spaced apart and rigidly connected at their front endsto a spring bolster, rearaxle braces rigidly attached outside to therespective reach members, an inside reach iron having side portions, across portion and connecting portions, and constructed and arranged toextend rearward from close behind said bolster and to cross behind thepoints at which said rear-axle braces are attached to the reach, andmeans for attaching said side portions ot said inside reach iron to saidreach members. substantially as hereinbe'lore specified.

3. An improved double-reach gear having, in combination, longitudinalreach members suitably spaced apart and rigidly connected at their frontends to a spring bolster, rear axle braces rigidly attached outside tothe respective reach members, an inside reach iron having side portions,a cross portion and connecting portions in one continuous piece,constructed and arranged to extend rearward from close behind saidbolster and to cross from side to side behind the points at which saidrear-axle braces are attached to the reach, said reach members and saidside portions of the inside reach iron being provided with bolt holes,and bolts, fitted to said holes, adapted to tightly attach said 1.0 sideportions to said reach members, inside, substantially as hereinbeforespecified.

ROY M. ARNOLD. lVitnesses MILTON M. DURHAM, EUGENE W. Coon.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

